Tag: the oldest old

Social Security Card: Senior woman holding card in hand on white background

The brief’s key findings are: As life expectancy rises, more retirees face the higher poverty risk associated with very old ages due to declining resources, cumulative inflation, and widowhood. In response, some propose boosting Social Security for the oldest old by either: adopting an annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for all retirees that more closely matches t…